Symposium Contract Job Trends in the South East

Nortel Networks Symposium
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Symposium skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 - 210
Rank change year-on-year - - +58
Contract jobs citing Symposium 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.029% - 0.018%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.17% - 0.091%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £17.60 - -
England median hourly rate £17.60 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

Symposium falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 588 847 1,094
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.10% 18.46% 19.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 409 457 649
10th Percentile £204 £254 £207
25th Percentile £333 £400 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £460
Median % change year-on-year - +8.70% -
75th Percentile £588 £608 £588
90th Percentile £638 £672 £675
England median daily rate £490 £511 £500
% change year-on-year -4.03% +2.12% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 87 73
10th Percentile £15.22 £27.00 £15.50
25th Percentile £31.58 £53.40 £24.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £57.35 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.10% -4.42% +33.33%
75th Percentile £70.87 £70.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £89.63 £75.24 £77.80
England median hourly rate £41.50 £57.35 £56.49
% change year-on-year -27.64% +1.52% +34.26%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Symposium as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Symposium in the South East

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Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Symposium.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Symposium

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Symposium.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Symposium

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Symposium within the South East region over the 6 months to 15 September 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Surrey - 1 - -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) WebEx
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft